and this from the Oil Drum – couldn’t have put it better.

RalphW on February 6, 2010 – 3:24pm

1) GROWTH of the energy supply allows growth.

2) growth of population reduces energy flow per capita.

3) Declining EROEI reduces net energy flows.

4) Not all energy forms are equally useful. Converting energy to more useful forms reduces EROEI.

5) Transitioning to a new energy infrastructure needs a lot of energy.

6) No one is admitting there is a problem.

Afternoons ditto

I’m just listening to a similar bit of drivel on Afternoons – and emailed them so. GDP, tax changes, productivity growth – but Mora, as with all the NZ media, is ducking the issue.

To disengage, is essentially to bullshit.

Go Jim, you can only get better …..

Then he interviewed the Muppet, re ‘opinions on global warming’. A bit like business (nat radio) discussing a survey of business optimism, or reporting ‘green shoots’.

Nuts!